I knew this day would come. I just made an extra $10 in a user study because of my elite Tetris skills. All those years of practice have finally paid off!
I do have some questions. For instance - how fine is haptic pattern recognition in the average human?
I know that if I'm paying attention I can recognize certain pattern changes in a vibrating object before there's an audio change. It's how I annoy computer users by telling them their fans or hard drive are going to die before they do. ;-)
Another question - can a hearing person acquire the haptic recognition of a deaf person through training or experience?
Finally - how well are multi-frequency patterns or complex signals distinguished? People occasionally talk about "feeling the music" - would it be possible to use a low-level musical string of notes to convey data the average the user?
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I know that if I'm paying attention I can recognize certain pattern changes in a vibrating object before there's an audio change. It's how I annoy computer users by telling them their fans or hard drive are going to die before they do. ;-)
Another question - can a hearing person acquire the haptic recognition of a deaf person through training or experience?
Finally - how well are multi-frequency patterns or complex signals distinguished? People occasionally talk about "feeling the music" - would it be possible to use a low-level musical string of notes to convey data the average the user?